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Divine Regale
12+ albums
Progressive metalheavy metalProgmetalUS MEtal
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Given birth at the turn of the decade by two old school friends, Divine Regale has been maturing away from the spotlight in Dover, NH, and now finally unleashes a debut album which promises to shake to all who think they know what American progressive rock is all about. The sounds themselves are not unexpected, but the way they are crafted together make Divine Regale stand out from the masses. They're a progressive band ruled by songwriting discipline, more inclined to craft great tunes and memorable hooks than to instrumentally meander. "Some bands go on forever," sighs drummer Anderson. "It's like, end the damn song will you?" "Everyone has their own idea of what progressive means," he continues. "For us it's not about instrumentals and elaborate technical stuff - although sometimes that's what we will do - but simply means not doing the expected, not locking ourselves into a box. That's what we learned from bands like Queensryche - keep throwing those curve balls!" With this philosophy in mind, the band's material - principally written by Anderson in conjunction with the two guitarists Elliott and Leighton, and keyboard player Keazer (with vocalist Hill contributing to the lyrics) - is now written around the lyrics rather than putting tunes together from jam sessions and then adding the words later. In this way the band has learned that an emotional context can be established first, and then a tune can be written to compliment it. Early compositions followed this path,
